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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 9, 202018 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at Jan 9, 2020, 3:51 AM CST for 18 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 10, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2020, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 11, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 9, 3:40 AM CST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 3:40 AM CST, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
Jan 9, 8:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	59 hr
Jan 9, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	3 days
Jan 9, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	72 hr
Jan 9, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	4 days
Jan 9, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	48 hr
Jan 9, 9:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	4 days
Jan 9, 9:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	52 hr
Jan 9, 9:08 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Sequoyah	47 hr
Jan 9, 12:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	44 hr
Jan 9, 4:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	TSA	Pawnee, Washington	23 hr
Jan 9, 9:08 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	59 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2020 Every flash flood watch in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.